Beer
Sin taxes prop up the budget, but the most important one is fading
From fuel to fancy cars and a cold one at the pub, there are some vices – and necessities – that are carrying an extra cost.
- Millie Muroi
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How much a pie and beer costs at every NRL stadium
Find out how much you’ll be out of pocket at half-time this season.
- Frances Howe
Labor looks to loosen voters with $200 million beer boost
Anthony Albanese will freeze the twice-yearly hike in beer tax in a bid to win voters and take pressure off brewers and the wider industry.
- Millie Muroi
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How a $13 schooner pushed me past the pint of no return
Why can’t we know how much a beer costs before we buy it?
- Paul Marshall
At $30b and rising, alcohol-free booze is becoming big business
The market for non-alcoholic booze grew by roughly 20 per cent in 2023, compared with 8 per cent for alcoholic drinks. How big will it get?
- The Economist
Pat Cummins turns craft beer investor
The men’s cricket captain has become the first outside investor with Mountain Culture Beer Co
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Is a seltzer a beer? The Tax Office is trying to figure it out
When is an alcoholic beverage a beer? Here’s how brewers say a tax tweak could send some zany craft brews down the drain.
- Millie Muroi
Council says XXXX should be allowed more ethanol tanks next to church land
Plans to expand the brewery in Milton should go ahead, the Brisbane City Council says, despite a legal challenge by the Anglican Church.
- Cloe Read
Beer lovers to be protected by metal detectors at Oktoberfest
In addition to 600 police officers and 2000 security staff, more than 50 cameras will be installed across the grounds of the festival to prevent stabbings.
- Stefanie Dazio and Pietro de Cristofaro
More than 20 craft brewers have fizzed out in the past year. What’s happening?
It’s been described as “far more brutal than anyone imagined”. What’s behind the great boutique brewery bust?
- Konrad Marshall
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